Make a Stool in a Day
Details
Date: 27 April 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Price
£60 per person
Book HereKey information
Price includes all materials, tools and tuition.
Advanced booking is essential through the ‘Book Here’ button above
If you would prefer to pay by cheque or cash, please contact us and we will make arrangements for you as needed.
If you do not have the means to pay for a ticket, we have an access budget that enables us to provide free places for people with low incomes, who are unemployed or have other accessibility needs. Please contact us to register.
If you would like any more information, please call Tom at 015394 41050 or email at tom@grizedale.org.
15+ under 18 must be accompanied by an adult
Places are strictly limited to 8 people to allow all attendees to get the best learning experience and time with the tutor.
Venue
The Farmer’s Arms, Lowick Green – LA12 8DT
Learn the fundamental woodwork techniques through making your own wooden stool in a day with workshop manager and maker Tom Philipson.
This day workshop explores woodwork using recycled off-cuts of broken bits of woodwork and prioritises using the minimum number of cuts to get the maximum amount of useable timber. If your interested in design but don’t have any woodwork skills, this is the course for you!
During this brilliant introduction to woodwork, you’ll learn all the basic techniques including sawing, measuring, drilling, hammering and finishing.
The workshop will equip you with transferrable skills and workshop know-how to then tackle other making projects at home with minimal materials or equipment.
If our workshops take your fancy, but you’re not local to The Farmer’s Arms, we have accommodation so you can make a weekend out of your visit! The Farmer’s Barn is our self-catering hostel perfect for solo travellers and The Farmer’s Loft is our spacious six person apartment situated above the workshop.
Thinking of gifting a place on our courses for someone special this Christmas? Our new Gift Certificates are now available to purchase!
About the tutor:
Training as a cabinet maker at 16 years old, Tom went on to study furniture conservation and restoration and has worked in the industry for over 30 years. Drawing on his experience, he moved into furniture and product design, working with Grizedale Arts to create bamboo implements, multi-purpose furniture, display systems, garden gates and table ware for The Farmer’s Arms, Lawson Park and GA’s many local, national and international projects. Now the workshop manager at The Farmer’s Arms, Tom has developed The Farmer’s Arms’ mould-based pottery techniques and designed and built much of the inn’s furniture.
